Skirt-marker.



G. C.- BENZ.-

SKIRT MARKER. APPLlCATIoN men '1ULY26. 1911.

mm m. 26, 1918 WITNESSES ATTORNEY GBACEC. BELTZ, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

SKIRT-MARKER.

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Application filed July 26, 191?.

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that l, GRACE G. Bnrxrz, a citizen of the United tltates, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Nashington, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Skirtdl larkers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to skirt markers and the primary object of the invention is to provide an improved device for holding a piece of chalk in a fixed plane whereby a skirt may be marked during the process of construction for the purpose of properly hanging it to obtain. an even hem.

tine of the principal objects or the invention is to provide a device of this character that will mark the skirt with a chalk mar extending around the skirt at a point near the hips oi the person to whom the skirt is to be fitted so that measurements from the chalk mark to the hem of the skirt may be made for assuring an even hem.

The invention also aims at the provision of a device oi this character that may be folded into a small. space when not in use and will admit oi the securing to a table edge or the like for holding the chalk in proper position.

A. further object oi this invention is the provision of a skirt marker which consists of comparatively few parts and is simple in construction, but durable and well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which devices of this character are ordinarily subjected.

For a full description of the invention and the advantages and merits thereof, reference is to he had to the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred T017111 of my inven tion, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device showing the same attached to the marginal edge of a table.

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the same, the table being shown in cross section.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section. on the line 3-3 of Fig. 9..

Fig. 4t is a'similar view on the line 4.4c of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my invention, and in which like numerals of reference in dicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, a clamp 1 is constructed from a pair oi. relatively thin strips 2 and 3.

Specification of Letters Patent.

llatented Feb. 26, Mlle.

Seriallilo. 182,959.

Each strip is provided with a suitable open ingl centrally located for the reception of a clamp screw 5. This clamp screw has a hooked end 6 embracing a portion of the strip 8 and extending around one edge thereof as shown in 3 of the drawing. The opposite end oi: the screw 5 receives a thumb nut 7 which may bear upon the strip 2 to bind the two strips 2 and 3 to the edge of the table A.

The opposite end of each strip is provided with a suitable opening through which a pivot pin 8 is extended and this pin is also extended through openings in proximate ends of a pair of strips 9 and 10 which form the chalk holder. interposed between the strips 9 and 10 is a spacing disk 11 through which the pin 8 extends thus holding the pivoted ends oi? the strips 9 and 10 in spaced relation. The outer ends of these strips 9 and 10, therefore, will be spaced apart to engage a piece oi? tailors chalk B. For binding the ends '5 the strips 9 and 10 to the chalk for rigidly holding the same I have provided a clamp screw 12, similar in construction to the clamp screw 5, and which projects through suitable openings in the strips 9 and 10 and has a hooked end 13 embra ing a portion of the strip 9 and extending around the edge thereof as shown to advantage in Fig. l. This screw is also provided with a thumb nut 1 lscrew threadedly mounted to bind the two strips 9 and 10 to the chalk.

The device is especially adapted for use by persons constructing their own garments since the device may be fastened to the table as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the piece of chalk being projected considerably beyond the edge or the table. The person to whom the skirt being fitted will then stand close to the chalk and turn slowly about, bearing slightly against the chalk so that a mark will be made on the material extending around the skirt in an even plane at a point near the hips. lit is then merely necessary to measure a certain distance from the mark thus made to the hem of the skirt and several of these measurements near the front, back and sides, will be sufficient to assure a perfectly even hem.

The difficulty heretofore experienced with devices which mark near the hem of the skirt is entirely eliminated since a more distinct mark may be made at the hips, where a pressure on the chalk may be applied, than Gopies o1 thiapatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the could be obtained at the hem where, a pressure on thechalk cannot be obtained with assurance that the'mark will be even. Furthermore a table edge or a shelf is always convenient while a suitable article upon which to hold the chalk when a hem mark ing device is used is not always available.

The pivotal connection of the clamp the minor details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention on or the scope of the claim hereunto appended.-

I claim r 1 i In a skirt marker, adapted for attachment to a table, a pair of strips arranged in spaced relation and provided with apertures intermediatetheir ends, a clamp screw provided with a hooked end embracing a portion of one of the strips and extending around one marginal'edge thereof, the opposite end of the clamp screw being projected through and beyond the other strip and having a thumb not provided on its terminal for engagement with the adjacent strip, a pair of clamp strips having their ends received between the spaced apart first mentioned strips whereby the two clamp strips may be folded between the two first mentioned strips, a pivot pin projecting through the meeting ends of the said strips and provided with a spacing disk interposed between the two clamp strips for maintaining the latter and the ends of the first mentioned strips in spaced relation, and a second clamp screw carried by the clamp strips and adapted for adjustment to clamp the outer ends of the clamp strips toward each other whereby a piece of chalk may be rigidly secured between the terminals of the said clamp strips.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MRS. GRACE C. BELTZ.

Witnesses:

' M. FAY GLADFELTER, H. E. GLADFELTER.

"Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

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